Politics in 12442 Hunter, NY are largely shaped by the interests and beliefs of its citizens. Every two years, residents can cast their vote for the city's mayor and a few other local political positions. The current mayor is Thomas Smith, who has held the position since 2014 and is running for re-election this year. Additionally, there are three City Council members who serve four-year terms and are responsible for establishing public policy and legislative enactments that guide the city's development. To ensure fairness, they represent different districts across Hunter. Residents also have representatives in Albany including a State Senator and Assemblyman who work to pass laws that benefit all citizens of New York State.
The political climate in Zip 12442 (Hunter, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Greene County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Greene County, NY 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greene county remained very strongly Republican, 56.6% to 41.1%.
Greene county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 12442 (Hunter, NY) is somewhat conservative.
Hunter, New York is somewhat conservative.
Greene County, New York is somewhat conservative.
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New York is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Hunter, New York: R R r R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 12442 (Hunter)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 177 contributions totaling $25,280 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $3,335 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)